Local Area Network Settings. Microsoft MN700 - Wireless 802.11g Base Station Router, MN-700

Local Area Network Settings

You can view and change your local area network settings on the Local Area Network page of the Base Station

Management Tool, shown in the following illustration. From this page, you can perform the following actions:

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Set or change the base station name and IP address.

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Enable or disable the base station DHCP server.

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Set or change the IP address range and lease time for the DHCP server.

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Enter the local domain name if your ISP provided one.

Before you configure your local area network settings, learn about the options available. The following sections describe each of the local area network settings.

Base Station Name

The base station name identifies the base station on your local network and enables you to communicate with the base station. For example, if the base station name is HomeNetwork, you can type http://homenetwork into the address field of a Web browser from one of your networked computers, and the Base Station Management Tool will open.

The base station name is particularly useful when you set the base station to access point mode. In this situation, the base station obtains an IP address automatically by DHCP, so you can no longer communicate with the base station by using its default IP address of 192.168.2.1. You must use the base station name to open the Base

Station Management Tool and to identify the access point on your network.

You may have established a base station name when you ran the Setup Wizard. If you did not run the Setup Wizard, the default base station name is MN-700. For security purposes, it is recommended that you establish a unique name for your base station. Do not use the default name.

Note The base station name is a NetBIOS name. If the base station is connected to a Macintosh computer, you will not be able to access the Base Station Management Tool by using the base station name.

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